When Lego lied about Captain Rex

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When Lego lied about Captain Rex

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Ай бұрын

I wanted to make a video about the whole Lego Star Wars UCS Venator Captain Rex minifigure fiasco. When Lego in it's promotional materials in writing stated to release a exclusive minifigure in a 650 EUR set only to completely ignore that promise and to release the same minifigure in a 15 EUR microfighter set a little while later. It's not bad that Lego made this minifigure cheaper to get for the fans, it's bad that Lego stated one thing in writing and then completely ignored it while also earning profit on Bricklink from sales on overpriced Captain Rex figures. They could have released the Captain Rex figure in altered appearance but they just put the same figure in a 15 EUR set. Also it's weird that to my knowledge Lego has not stated why they said one thing in its materials and then did the opposite.
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@Timep3 Ай бұрын

Did you not know that most people look down on "lego investors"? How do you not understand that offering Rex to everyone is better for the fans?

@Karl-Erik-nv6cz Ай бұрын

Did you actually listen to the video? It's wrong to say something is exclusive, earn revenue on it and then backtrack on your words. I don't really care what people think about Lego investors. I have gotten sets that were out when I was not that big of a fan thanks to "lego investors".

@Timep3 Ай бұрын

@@Karl-Erik-nv6cz more people getting access to Rex is a win. Only one group of people care about Lego keeping its word, investors like yourself. Everyone else is happy which is probably 99% of Lego fans.

@Timep3 Ай бұрын

@@Karl-Erik-nv6cz applying right and wrong to a large company is silly

@bentoncozzi612 Ай бұрын

@@Karl-Erik-nv6cz this appears to be a conundrum surrounding your expertise--or more relevantly, lack thereof. As those of us in the industry call this, skill issue.

@matthewsoules7193 Ай бұрын

@@Karl-Erik-nv6cz It was exclusive when it came out. Then a new set came out with the minifigure.

@adaubu3063 Ай бұрын

investors when they realize you can lose money on investments 😡😡😡😡😡

@omarbaba9892 17 сағат бұрын

How tf it an investment when the venator would always cost more than you’d ever be able to resell the rex for

@IShatTheBed Ай бұрын

Brother regardless of wether lego lied or not you shouldn’t be buying a set that big and expensive for one figure

@Karl-Erik-nv6cz Ай бұрын

Agreed

@jeremyscungio16 Ай бұрын

Boo hoo. You shouldnt need to take a loan to get a desireable minifigure

@Karl-Erik-nv6cz Ай бұрын

I think a company shouldn't promote a minifigure as being exclusive to a set, then milking the customer who is paying for the overpriced minifigure on their secondary marketplace (Bricklink) while at the same time knowing very well that they are going to release the same minifigure months later in a set that costs ~ 43 times less. Overall I am very happy with the product of Lego and the customer service - I think that's the main reason I was so suprised with how the Commander Rex minifigure situation was handled.

@Mordorbricks Ай бұрын

@@Karl-Erik-nv6czit was exclusive at the time

@Riku0990 Ай бұрын

@@Karl-Erik-nv6cz Did Lego give a written contract with each purchase, that stipulated they would stop being a product manufacturing company, that has employee wages to pay and stock holders to coddle? The whole collector scene is abysmally terrible - baseball cards all over again, greedy adults ruining kids hobbies

@omarbaba9892 17 сағат бұрын

@@Riku0990ah yes because the majority of Lego Star Wars collectors are kids😂 and if you think the venator is a “toy” in any form then you have to seriously have a look at what a toy actually is

@uhsokka Ай бұрын

spending 650 so you can sell a minifig later is dumb. those people probably dont care about star wars anyways

@uhsokka Ай бұрын

also it was exclusive for like 8 months stop crying. you had 2 months to sit on this and still decided to shit this out lol

@Karl-Erik-nv6cz Ай бұрын

"Exclusive for 8 months" - That's a new one.

@uhsokka Ай бұрын

@@Karl-Erik-nv6cz i mean it factually was, thats lego's stance on it and either way i think its sad to see so many people bitching about this minifigure. the micro fighter was a rare W on Lego's part for including a popular character in a cheap set just like how they gave boba and vader a mech. boba and vader also have exclusive variants that come in wicked expensive sets but no one complains about THAT.

@drunicorn1463 Ай бұрын

This has to be a joke, no one in their right mind thinks like this

@Karl-Erik-nv6cz Ай бұрын

Yes. Holding companies responsible for false advertising is the wrong thing to do. I think we should all act like sheep (Y).

@drunicorn1463 Ай бұрын

@@Karl-Erik-nv6cz kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHW5coR7bNOjorc

@flexx203 Ай бұрын

Ay more people than you imagine think like that... sadly

@Clankerphobe Ай бұрын

So when a movie trailer says “coming exclusively to theatres” do you get mad when that movie later comes to DVD/streaming services?

@Karl-Erik-nv6cz Ай бұрын

You must be new here comparing a collectors item to a movie.

@OddBall002 Ай бұрын

@@Karl-Erik-nv6czThe point they made is still applicable here, though.

@Clankerphobe Ай бұрын

@@Karl-Erik-nv6cz you must be new here if you think physical releases of movies aren’t collectible

@OddBall002 29 күн бұрын

@@Clankerphobe WATCH THOSE WRIST ROCKETS!

@Clankerphobe 29 күн бұрын

@@OddBall002 Just like the simulations!

@ledinyourwalls Ай бұрын

Pal give it a few hours and your gonna get a lot of hate lol, form your own opinions instead of repeating the nonsense ryan spews, oh and your an investor LMAO

@Karl-Erik-nv6cz Ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment. Yes I'm an "investor". I'm a little suprised by the negative feedback though. I would have thought that people held companies more accountable for their word.

@ledinyourwalls Ай бұрын

@@Karl-Erik-nv6cz people do, but there's no reason to here because the rex fighter is a blessing to the fans as we've wanted for so long

@ledinyourwalls Ай бұрын

Also the 1999 tie said the stormtrooper was exclusive as well, rex was still exclusive but only for a limited time

@ledinyourwalls Ай бұрын

And it's not like they advertised him as exclusive, it was in a blurb in the part of the instruction manual nobody ever reads

@lukkepuck7042 Ай бұрын

@@ledinyourwalls lego has done this before to the ucs gunship, they said the minifigures were exclusive and then they released the mace windu in a cheaper set, for some reason this only happens to the prequel ucs sets and not the original trilogy sets due to favouritism, legos slogan is "only the best is good enough" there is almost always something missing detail-wise from the sets, like wrong movie minifigs or just a set being overpriced bc of "exclusivity" and so on.

@Gradedrdazzle Ай бұрын

The figure was exlusive upon release, Exlusivity is not timeless. Lego didn't lie to you at all. You don't understand words.

@Karl-Erik-nv6cz Ай бұрын

Oh Lego knew very well what that meant and how fans of Lego SW were going to interpret it as. To me the meaning of exclusive is also very clear.

@GrumpyOldBricks Ай бұрын

Nice video. I think Lego just prioritizes customers and fans over investors or resellers. I asked a couple people who just collect and make Star Wars armies and they are not bothered. It's really only the investors who noticed such things.

@Karl-Erik-nv6cz Ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment. If they hadn't claimed that the figure was exclusive to the Venator set I wouldn't have any problem. I think it's just predatory for them to claim one thing, then earn additional revenue from Bricklink on the over inflated purchases on the figure, knowing very well that they are going to release it in a 15€ microfighter set.

@GrumpyOldBricks Ай бұрын

@@Karl-Erik-nv6cz Fair point. I have been trying to find out what Lego gets out of BrickLink other than a small cut off the top of each order. It can't be as lucrative as new sets sales. They have such a captive customer base that them marketing used Lego via BrickLink in a large way likely damages the brand and the ability to raise prices. Either way them having the "exclusive" rex in the microfighter is a scummy move.

@omarbaba9892 17 сағат бұрын

Thing that’s dumb about the Lego community 1: will defend Lego on literally everything they do being complete corporate shills 2: not know what investing and scalping is at all 3: not realise that you can have 2 slightly different versions of the same figure in different sets Seriously, Lego making the ucs Rex slightly different would’ve solved all of this. Just remove the bandage off his head since most people would probably not prefer that anyway. Named ucs figures should be exclude for what you’re paying for it

@ferzwither Ай бұрын

Imagine paying $650 for one Minifigure lmao

@Karl-Erik-nv6cz Ай бұрын

You acutally get a ship and another fig for it :)

@inviteapollo9928 Ай бұрын

Hate the players not the game buddy

@mitchc9167 Ай бұрын

Just so you know, instruction booklets are NOT printed on the the day of the set's release. Back in 2016, when Assault on Hoth was released, the instructions said you could pair the set up with 75054 AT-AT so "you can still replay the whole battle in style". However, because of the delay for Assault on Hoth, that AT-AT (which was released in 2014) retired a few months before the reveal. So, did LEGO lie there, or should we just take everything they say in the booklets with a grain of salt? This is also the same company who also have at least one error on each UCS plaque.

@Beutepanzer Ай бұрын

Womp womp the target audience (kids) can get a toy

@Karl-Erik-nv6cz Ай бұрын

Yes. I agree that the target audience of a 650€ 18+ Lego Star Wars UCS set is a kid.

@Beutepanzer Ай бұрын

@@Karl-Erik-nv6cz I'm talking about the minifig

@Beutepanzer Ай бұрын

@@Karl-Erik-nv6cz dumbass

@explosive_memes7716 Ай бұрын

Genuinely depressing how all you people have to entirely strawman people’s arguments to defend your multi billion dollar conglomerate who objectively did something shitty. No one was forcing them to call the figure exclusive, that was their choice and it objectively misled genuine LEGO fans. We as consumers should expect corporations to be entirely truthful on the product We are going to receive, not be forced to decipher Some vague terminology that apparently changes as the years go on. Lego had countless opportunities to satisfy literally everyone, yet out of pure laziness they decided to do this. You should criticize a corporation for doing bad things even if it benefits you, it’s genuinely childish if you don’t

@Karl-Erik-nv6cz Ай бұрын

Exactly. To be fair most of the comments come straight from users of reddits r/legocirclejerk. This video was posted there when it had like 8 views or something. What's ironic is that I am also a member of that subreddit :D I agree with them on small issues like whining over helmet holes in star wars figures but here when a large corporation knowingly misleads it's biggest fans I feel like people should have more of a spine.

@h2owl205 Ай бұрын

The only people upset about Lego “lying” are the ones who wanted to have a superiority complex and feel like they’re better than the people who didn’t have the set. Stop trying to pretend like everyone else is in the wrong

@Karl-Erik-nv6cz Ай бұрын

You seem to be contempt with being mislead by billion dollar companies.

@ajoy-con9065 Ай бұрын

Yeah, because only collectors should get to have a minifig of one of the most popular star wars characters and nit the kids who will actually play with the lego

@Karl-Erik-nv6cz Ай бұрын

@@ajoy-con9065 Why not release a different Captain Rex in the cheaper set? Win-win. Lego actually honors their word and kids get a Rex fig.

@QuinnLytleFilms Ай бұрын

The original tie fighter says that the stormtrooper is exclusive. Yet you see no one complaining about that. Admit it. You're just salty that you bought a big set only for one tiny plastic character and now people who don't have 600 dollars can have rex.

@Karl-Erik-nv6cz Ай бұрын

I'm not familiar with the tie fighter story. I understand I am no Mr.Beast but if you take a second to listen to the video then you will learn that I didn't buy the set or minifig.

@QuinnLytleFilms Ай бұрын

@@Karl-Erik-nv6cz then why are you even upset? Really have to have a billion dollar company's back like that?

@FlagrantFemboy Ай бұрын

If buying the y wing set makes people mad I get a captain Rex figure I’m gonna buy another

@LouisTheFlyVids Ай бұрын

Did lego lie? Or did very few people jump the gun on easily outdated info from the instruction manual? If lego is desperate and really felt the need to come up with this scheme... they sure as hell are stupid for revealing rex microfighter so soon into venators lifespan, atleast wait till AFTER the first 2x vip sale people were waiting for to get the venator. They missed out on 99% of the people who were only buying it for the figure. People are more annoyed with these types of videos than they are of a typo in an instruction booklet at this point.

@IconicCustomss Ай бұрын

Personally I think they should’ve at least changed the face. Have the head with the bandage exclusive to the venator. Either way though LEGO shouldn’t have put the most famous clone trooper exclusively in a $600+ set. I’m glad others, including children, can get their hands on their favorite clone trooper. If you bought the Venator only for Rex, unfortunately you’re an idiot. I understand the frustration but you should be happy that others can get a very desirable figure much cheaper than giving their organs up.

@cooledraptor279lol Ай бұрын

Honestly, everyone are happy they got Captain. Rex, either you like or not. Getting mad over a kid's toy. 😅😂😢😢😢

@Karl-Erik-nv6cz Ай бұрын

Getting mad at a large corp misleading it's consumers with a 650€ 18+ Lego set. But nice try.

@cooledraptor279lol Ай бұрын

@Karl-Erik-nv6cz But still it's a kid's toy.Nice try 😆 🤣 😂

@ph4nt0k3n Ай бұрын

Lmao putting a 600€ minifig in a 10€ set was the best thing lego did in the last 20 years…nobody likes or cares about investors. Go to work lol

@GrandAdmiralThrawn-xp8pk Ай бұрын

womp womp

@silverschannel8578 Ай бұрын

Rex was exclusive to the venator when the set came out, where's the lie? "Exclusive" does not mean "exclusive until the end of times"

@Karl-Erik-nv6cz Ай бұрын

Why not then promote it as “The Captain Rex minifigure is exclusive to this set … for 6 months”

@gbrow1604 Ай бұрын

@@Karl-Erik-nv6cz They didn't promote it that way. They literally used the word once in the instruction manual, which is not advertised before you buy the set.

@Deniot92 Ай бұрын

unlucky

@martincasillas3817 Ай бұрын

Customers who spend $600+ on a lego set are some of legos best customers.. you dont trest your best customers the way lego did.. as the least they could have put the Rex mini figure in a $100-$200 set.. NOT IN A MICROSET THAT SELLS FOR $13… BAD BUSINESS LEGO..

@Karl-Erik-nv6cz Ай бұрын

Finally someone that actually gets it.

@super_bakon7238 Ай бұрын

you're just mad you're not making thousands of dollars off of the captain rex minifigure. grow up. lego investors can go lose all their money. if you wanna invest, buy gold. you clearly only care about the investing side. why else would you include footage of yourself unwrapping sealed 1999 lego star wars sets.

@Karl-Erik-nv6cz Ай бұрын

I only care about the investing side. Disregard the built new R2D2 set and the botannical sets and the newer Indiana Jones Escape from the Lost Tomb set and some Minecraft sets and etc. Also like I said I didn’t buy the Venator set or the Rex fig. I just don’t like when a company makes false promises. But you seem to be contempt with that.